July 31, 2020

JUL 31, neologism (personal): awarassment




(Ed. Note:) To make this effort easier, we have now collected these neologistic verses in a collection on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense";  click HERE.


 

July 30, 2020

JUL 30, Toronto ravines: Cedarvale Ravine





 

If you are interested in winding your way through an encyclopedic collection of four blogposts stuffed with photo-collages on Toronto ravines, click HERE.

July 29, 2020

JUL 29, anagram swarm: A-VERY-STABLE-GENIUS, #15










You can review an amazing number of anagrams based on this book title on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. There are two posts to view: 
 
'A Very Stable Genius': Theme and Variations (97 anagrams),   and 
'A Very Stable Genius': additional funky anagrams.





July 28, 2020

JUL 28, insects: insect repellents (DEET)

 

Authors' NoteThe full name of the chemical is N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide.

You can review Giorgio's other verses about pesty and occasionally beneficial insects, as  collected in 'Buzzwords: Verses about Insects' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.

July 27, 2020

JUL 27, anagram swarm: A-VERY-STABLE-GENIUS, #14













You can review an amazing number of anagrams based on this book title on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. There are two posts to view:  ’A Very Stable Genius': Theme and Variations (97 anagrams), and 
'A Very Stable Genius': additional funky anagrams



July 26, 2020

JUL 26, magical canal palindromes: more far-flung venues

 




wordplay; palindrome; magical palindrome; Giorgio Coniglio
















You can become an expert fan of our wordplay concoction 'magical palindromes' by reviewing the explanatory material found in ancient days on our full-service blog "Edifying NonsenseHERE; then, you could check how we applied this technique to 'canal palindromes' by viewing this more recent post.




July 25, 2020

JUL 25, anagram swarm: A-VERY-STABLE-GENIUS, #13










You can review an amazing number of anagrams based on this book title on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. There are two posts to view:  ’A Very Stable Genius': Theme and Variations (97 anagrams), and 
'A Very Stable Genius': additional funky anagrams








July 24, 2020

JUL 24, Ontario nostalgia: Toronto ravines (poem)





Authors' Note:  Glacial can be pronounced with either 2 or 3 syllables. Here, the word has the meaning of 'produced by, or related to a glacier’. 

  Geologists tell us that during the Wisconsin glaciation, the ice-sheet scooped out soft rock and pushed the piled-up debris, sand and gravel, southward towards Lake Iroquois, the precursor of Lake Ontario. Twelve thousand years ago, with the ending of the ice-age, meltwater from the Laurentide Glacier eroded the channels that became the basis of Toronto's system of ravines.



If you are interested in winding your way through an encyclopedic collection of four blogposts stuffed with photo-collages on Toronto ravines, click HERE.



You can review the entire series of illustrated poems about the good old days in Ontario by checking the post 'Ontario Nostalgia' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE







July 23, 2020

JUL 23, anagram swarm: A-VERY-STABLE-GENIUS, #12



Bonus wordplay concoction:




You can review an amazing number of anagrams based on this book title on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. There are two posts to view:  ’A Very Stable Genius': Theme and Variations (97 anagrams), and 
'A Very Stable Genius': additional funky anagrams







July 22, 2020

JUL 22, patients and their maladies: myocardial ischemia





Authors' Note: There is variability in patients' response to the development of blockages in the coronary arteries. Part of this is due to the gradual development of collateral arteries or side branches, which may mitigate the effect of the obstructions to produce chronic symptoms or acute severe damage to heart muscle. The net impact on flow can be assessed through imaging showing blood flow to heart muscle at rest and stress, with nuclear or other studies of myocardial perfusion (‘gated SPECT’). 


  You can view these verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Nurse-Verse: Patients and their Maladies' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!

July 21, 2020

JUL 21, anagram swarm: A-VERY-STABLE-GENIUS, #11




Bonus wordplay concoction:













You can review an amazing number of anagrams based on this book title on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. There are two posts to view:  ’A Very Stable Genius': Theme and Variations (97 anagrams), and 
'A Very Stable Genius': additional funky anagrams





July 20, 2020

JUL 20, Carolina lowcountry: chainsaw sculpture




Recently sighted in our immediate neighborhood ...




July 19, 2020

JUL 19, anagram swarm: A-VERY-STABLE-GENIUS, #9/#10











Bonus wordplay concoction:




You can review an amazing number of anagrams based on this book title on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. There are two posts to view:  ’A Very Stable Genius': Theme and Variations (97 anagrams), and 
'A Very Stable Genius': additional funky anagrams


July 18, 2020

JUL 18, political palindromes, L






From this point, you can proceed either forwards or backwards.

For FORWARD, proceed to the next set of 'POLITICAL PALINDROMES' on July 20.
For BACKWARD, return to the previous set on July 14.

OR, return to the ORIGINAL POST on this topic on May 17.


July 17, 2020

JUL 17, a brief saga: broken arrows (nuclear weapons mishaps)









Authors' Note: The poem relates a story from the Cold War, as highlighted on its 60th anniversary by the Charleston S.C. press. A Broken Arrow is defined as an accidental event which does not create the risk of nuclear war, but involves nuclear weapons, warheads or components.

An atomic bomb weighing 7600 pounds was inadvertently dropped on a South Carolina farm in 1958 by a B-47 bomber on a training mission, with destruction of the farmhouse, and creation of a crater 30 feet (9m.) deep, but only minor injuries to the family. Apparently, a total of 32 such episodes have been acknowledged by the U.S. Department of Defense; many of these resulted in no victims or even civilian involvement. By 1960, the practice of warheads being carried on bomber training flights was presumably discontinued.


For the purpose of this blog, a 'brief saga' is defined as a poem, usually narrative, but occasionally expository, that tell its story in at least 15 lines. Most commonly, the format involves three stanzas in limerick form. Your blogging team has been presenting these concoctions at the rate of one per month, mixed in with the shorter poems, wordplay and other  stuffthat we offer.
    
To access the next 'brief saga' on this blog (August 2020), proceed to 'the Aegean cat'.
To access the most recent previous 'brief saga' (June 2020), back up to 'life as a loon'.  
 

July 16, 2020

JUL 16, bottom line of medical humor: anal fissure




Authors' Note: 'Aneous', a puerile neologism, has been used here to close the verse, as the proper medical term 'anus' may not function appropriately in this instance.     




You can view these informative verses in a wider context by proceeding to the collection 'The BOTTOM LINE of MEDICAL HUMOR' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!


 

July 15, 2020

JUL 15, wordplay maps: sister-cities anagrams (28-30)

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!







July 14, 2020

JUL 14, savoir-faire: la Francophonie



Authors' Note:

d'accord (da-KOHR): French for "certainly" or  "of course"
pays (peh-EE): French for "country" (singular or plural)
Belgique (behl-ZHEEK): French for Belgium
Canada (ka-na-DUH): French pronunciation
Haïti (ah-ee-TEE or ah-ee-SEE): Haiti, a difficult name for anglophones
     to pronounce 



You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to "Vers Français: Limericks about Savoir-Faireon the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.




July 13, 2020

JUL 13, political palindromes, K







From this point, you can proceed either forwards or backwards.

For FORWARD, proceed to the next set of 'POLITICAL PALINDROMES' on July 18.
For BACKWARD, return to the previous set on July 12.

OR, return to the ORIGINAL POST on this topic. 



July 12, 2020

JUL 12, political palindromes, J





From this point, you can proceed, ditheringly, either forwards or backwards.

For FORWARD, proceed to the next set of 'POLITICAL PALINDROMES' on July 13.
For BACKWARD, return to the previous set on July 10.

OR, return to the ORIGINAL POST on this topic on May 17.


July 11, 2020

JUL 11, wordplay maps: new world palindromes(#29,#30)











You can view the entire collection of these 50 wordplay maps, by accessing the collection 'Tourists Palindromic Guides: The Americas'. Start by clicking HERE

July 10, 2020

JUL 10, political palindomes, I





From this point, you can proceed either forwards or backwards.

For FORWARD, proceed to the next set of 'POLITICAL PALINDROMES' on July 12.
For BACKWARD, return to the previous set on July 7.

OR, return to the ORIGINAL POST on this topic.


July 9, 2020

JUL 9, sleek Greek prefixes: AN-







Clicking HERE will introduce you to our entire collection of verses about the Greek prefixes!